Sweets are hard to resist. They are one of those temptations into which one falls with voluptuousness and abandonment. Then there will be time for regrets, but when you taste them it’s like being in heaven!
Certainly, however, that if one has to follow a diet, being offered desserts on the table can be really frustrating.
Yet there is also a way to get rid of the whim without screwing up the diet. Provided, of course, that you don’t overdo the portions, but this is a rule that always applies.
The dessert that we present to you today in this sense can be very suitable. These are delicious and fragrant squares with an orange flavor and garnished with a wonderful blueberry jam.
One of the strengths of these magnificent sweets is that they do not contain sugar (if you opt for stevia).
Dessert with orange and blueberries: ingredients
For six portions (and about 105 calories per portion), the necessary ingredients are the following: 90 grams of flour for cakes; 35 grams of stevia, or 80 grams of “normal” sugar; three eggs; the grated zest of an orange; 30 grams of unsweetened blueberry jam; a handful of fresh blueberries.
The preparation
The first thing is to break the eggs into a bowl, then add the stevia and mix the two ingredients with a hand or electric whisk.
Then add the orange zest and mix everything with a spatula, adding the flour little by little.
The next step is to take a rectangular pan and line it with parchment paper. Then the prepared mixture is poured on top and two teaspoons of jam are spread over it, after which fresh blueberries are added.
At this point all that remains is to put it in the oven at 200 degrees for ten minutes. Before taking it out of the oven, it is good to check with the classic toothpick test.
Before serving, the dessert should cool completely: at that point, all that remains is to sprinkle with icing sugar (or whatever you like) and then cut into small and delicious squares.
Enjoy your meal!
Baked breaded artichokes: hearty, good and light. Only 170 calories!
Artichokes aren’t one of the favorite dishes of the little ones, quite the contrary. If they can, the little ones avoid them like the plague.
How to get them to swallow them? Not an easy undertaking, but the recipe we are about to offer you can perhaps give you a hand in this regard. These are delicious and tasty breaded and baked artichokes, a cheerful and light side dish with which you can induce squeamish minors to swallow the hated vegetables.
Side dish, we said, but if you want, these succulent baked artichokes can also work as a single dish.
Provali, non te ne pentirai!
But let’s get to the recipe.
The ingredients
Per quattro persone gli ingredienti e le quantità sono quelle che seguono: quattro carciofi; due uova; un limone; olio extravergine di oliva; 60 grammi di pan grattato; pepe e sale quanto basta.
La preparazione
La prima cosa è eliminare le foglie più esterne dei carciofi, che poi sono anche le più dure, dopodiché si tagliano a metà, si privano della “barba” e si fanno a listarelle piuttosto sottili.
Il passo successivo è riempire una pentola con dell’acqua: dopodiché si aggiungono il sale e il limone tagliato a fette. Questo mix va fatto bollire, dopodiché si buttano in acqua pure i carciofi, che si devono lasciare andare per un due o tre minuti fino a che si ammorbidiscono.
Intanto che i carciofi cuociono, si prendono due ciotole. In una si mette il pan grattato, nell’altra si rompono e si sbattono le uova.
When the vegetables are ready, drain them, wait for them to cool down and then dip them first in the egg and then in the breadcrumbs.
Now is the time to line a baking sheet with baking paper and place the breaded artichokes on top, which are then sprinkled with a drizzle of oil.
The next step is to put it in the oven at 200 degrees for half an hour.
Enjoy your meal!